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Home Research Research Library Do family physicians electronic health records support meaningful use? Do family physicians electronic health records support meaningful use? 2015 Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Blackburn, B E, Ivins, D J, Mitchell, J M, Matson, C, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Quality Of Care, and Health Information Technology (HIT) Volume 3(1):38-42 Source HealthCare BACKGROUND: Spurred by government incentives, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States has increased; however, whether these EHRs have the functionality necessary to meet meaningful use (MU) criteria remains unknown. Our objective was to characterize family physician access to MU functionality when using a MU-certified EHR. METHODS: Data were obtained from a convenience survey of family physicians accessing their American Board of Family Medicine online portfolio in 2011. A brief survey queried MU functionality. We used descriptive statistics to characterize the responses and bivariate statistics to test associations between MU and patient communication functions by presence of a MU-certified EHR. RESULTS: Out of 3855 respondents, 60% reported having an EHR that supports MU. Physicians with MU-certified EHRs were more likely than physicians without MU-certified EHRs to report patient registry activities (49.7% vs. 32.3%, p-value<0.01), tracking quality measures (74.1% vs. 56.4%, p-value<0.01), access to labs or consultation notes, and electronic prescribing; but electronic communication abilities were low regardless of EHR capabilities. CONCLUSIONS: Family physicians with MU-certified EHRs are more likely to report MU functionality; however, a sizeable minority does not report MU functions. IMPLICATIONS: Many family physicians with MU-certified EHRs may not successfully meet the successively stringent MU criteria and may face significant upgrade costs to do so. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Cross sectional survey. Read More ABFM Research Read all 2021 Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure Go to Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure 2019 Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians Go to Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians 2016 How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One Go to How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One 2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care
Author(s) Peterson, Lars E, Blackburn, B E, Ivins, D J, Mitchell, J M, Matson, C, and Phillips, Robert L Topic(s) Achieving Health System Goals, and Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Quality Of Care, and Health Information Technology (HIT) Volume 3(1):38-42 Source HealthCare
ABFM Research Read all 2021 Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure Go to Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure 2019 Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians Go to Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians 2016 How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One Go to How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One 2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care
2021 Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure Go to Revitalizing the U.S. Primary Care Infrastructure
2019 Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians Go to Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians
2016 How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One Go to How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One
2022 The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care Go to The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care
